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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1962
Page
1
July 20 record shows Siglers 2 over Little League 17. makeup set for July 23 with Record 15 against NFL 2. July 24 Gas Company 17 and NFL 0. July 27 Sigler to face Record in next matchup.
Osceola Midgets beat Palmer 18-0 on Sunday and defeated Columbus 5-4 Tuesday with strong pitching from Gustafson. Stallings hit a home run in the fourth inning, and the Thursday game at Central City was called after the third inning due to rain.
Osceola lost 6-2 to the Columbus Colts on Sunday afternoon July 22. Osceola outhit Columbus 13-9 but faltered with a triple play and two double plays. Batteries were Kinberg and R Grossnicklaus for Osceola and Nasco Hegi and Nosel for Columbus.
The 1962 Polk County Fair runs July 30 to August 1 at the Fairgrounds near Osceola with the W A Thomas Shows featuring 10 rides on the midway and advance kiddie ride tickets sold by Cub Scouts and 4 Hers. Grandstand wrestling on Monday includes Rocky Hamilton versus Ernie Dusek for the Nebraska State Championship, plus a women’s bout Ann Regan versus Jackie Allen and Dan Plechas against Frank Townsend. The Grand Ole Opry appears Tuesday with Martha Carson Autry Inman Dick Flood Shawna Lawrence and Merle Lindsay and band. Wednesday offers a free program with a 2:30 p.m. horse show and parades plus Miss Nebraska Mary Lee Jepsen and Joan Wells performing. St Vincent Church runs a lunch stand and bingo. a Nebraska Agriculture representative will distribute Nebraska wheat ration biscuits. See you at the fair.
Parker Aker of Polk County Farmers Union says the national organization offers a low cost 22 day trip to Norway Sweden Denmark France England and Scotland for 719 dollars. Depart New York September 26 with stops in Paris London and Swedish manufacturing centers and optional free days. About twenty Nebraskans including 12 Polk County members joined a Farmers Union trip to Hawaii in February. Contact P W Aker at Polk for itinerary.
Douglas T. Dunn, a junior and son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Dunn, is among three Nebraska College of Agriculture students awarded two scholarships for the 1962 63 year. One scholarship of 150 dollars comes from AK-Sar-Ben and another from the Arthur and Viola Thompson fund. Myron H. Carlson, also a junior and son of Mr and Mrs Rupert Carlson, is a new winner with an AK-Sar-Ben scholarship valued at 150 dollars.
A Saturday night tornado near Duncan caused extensive damage totaling about 250000 dollars. A car occupants Mr and Mrs Wieseman and their son Mike had only minor injuries. The storm knocked out power lines damaged buildings and disrupted communications before aid arrived from multiple towns and Red Cross.
A County Court listing shows numerous daytime and nighttime speeding fines across Omaha, Columbus, York, and other locales. Individuals face penalties from $11 to $100 plus costs, with several entries noting suspensions, warrants, and additional offenses such as muffler cuts, reckless driving, and stop sign violations.
Chauncey Cremeen entered Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln on Sunday and underwent surgery on Tuesday as part of his treatment.
Mr and Mrs Robert Weber of Ralston welcomed a son named Paul August born July 20 at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital. The infant weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs August Senn.
Clover Clover 4-H Club members and parents toured to view each member project and finished at Rupert Carlson home with a wiener roast. Reporter Lee Boden notes the community event and club activities.
Direct Mattress Factory, run by Mr and Mrs Charlie Mash and their two children Randall and Brenda, is preparing to operate in the Kelly Building. They will clean mattresses convert old cotton mattresses to inner springs and install a cotton gin. The family recently moved from Norfolk and will be joined later by the Jack Routen family.
Vic Newcomer recalls a catastrophic day in 1894 when heat and wind ruined a 100 acre corn field. The morning showed promise at 8:00, but by 10:00 the hot wind forced indoor retreat until evening, leaving only a low yield of about 15 bushels per acre.
The Luther League of St Paul Lutheran Church Osceola invites the public to an ice cream social on the church lawn Friday evening August 3 starting at 7 30. Homemade ice cream cake coffee and koolaid will be served.
Miss Kay Timm was honored with a one-gift shower on July 19 at Kearney. Hostesses were Miss Isy Whitemore of McCool Junction and Miss Jacque Weinert of Grand Island. Timm will wed John K. Lewis of Grand Island on August 12.
Polk County Historical Society led a 20 person tour to E A Carlsons last Thursday to view his rare collection including a slave collar. The group then traveled to Camp Cedars for lunch with drinks provided by Mildred Flodman. There will be no August meeting.
A list of patient transfers and dismissals at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital includes Guildford Bryan Osceola Mrs Josephine Gondringer Benedict Mrs Darrel Shostrom Osceola Mrs Robert Weber and baby boy Ralston Osceola Louis Robak Osceola Forrest Bahm Shelby Mrs Charles Kucera Osceola Ray Norris Silver Creek Kim Blase Hampton Mrs Bertha Matzner Gresham Harry Huddleston Shelby Rial Brazee Shelby Mrs Edwin Glad Polk Mrs Henry Nebosis Osceola Mrs Delia Samuelson Stromsburg Mrs Nellie Pearson Sterling Oscar Bauer Rising City William Inness Stromsburg John Lisko Osceola Miss Nellie Smith Stromsburg Clyde Baker Polk Roscoe Miller Osceola Milton Anderson Stromsburg Mrs James Hayhurst David City Lloyd Stromberg Polk Leonard Orendorff Polk Charles Sobotka Shelby.
The Cub Scouts meet at 8:00 p.m. Friday July 27 at the Scout Cabin for an evening gathering.
New Osceola residences include a 74 by 32 foot Inca blue and white ranch with a double garage and full basement built for Mr and Mrs Norman Hofbauer. The seven room three bedroom home fronts St Vincent Catholic Church and was completed in July 1961 by Mark Gustafson and Bill Zedicher. A second recent Osceola home is Otto Olson and wife’s blue and white ranch near the Lutheran Church, a two bedroom 25 by 42 foot wood dwelling finished last month with gas heat one garage and half basement built by the Olson family.
Transfers involve Martha Forss to Arlen Yungdahl. Abel Swanson to Raymond Burke. Nora VanDorn to Gerald Engel. Mills Referee to Harold Carlson with multiple fractional sections. Harold Carlson to Marie Carlson. Bernard Johnson to Claus Oberg. E Oberg and Joe Marsden to Frawley Sub and Wilson Sub divisions. Ruth James to Clifford Grady. Dobins to Benjamin Wagner. Mills Referee to E W Lott. Jene Carlson. Maud Nuquist to Fred Ostrander. Ernest Hoffman to John Swertzic. Additional transfers list multiple lots and blocks in Original Town, Stromsburg and Shelby areas.
A summer list of visitors to Polk County's Operation Bootstrap reads like a science who's who. From Washington to Nebraska, agronomists and researchers joined tours of Wilson Seed Farm and pasture plantings, with locals Walace Sandell Fred Bedient Hillis Sterner Lowell Bills Arlo Stevens Elmer Allinder Carl Cederburg and conservationist Harold Klingman. A later August 8 visit drew eleven seed scientists from seven foreign countries.
The Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District reports a shift to aluminum corrugated tubing for gully control on Ralph Jones and William Reckling farms. Construction begins on Upper Clear Creek’s first flood control dam on Walter Berck’s land to manage 6700 acres of runoff with an 18 inch outlet. Directors plan to contact farmers to devise a protective plan for submission to the SCS planning party while warning cooperators about proper weed control in recently seeded grass fields.
Frank Classen of Omaha died suddenly on Monday July 16 at age 83. Survived by wife a son and three daughters including Mrs Wayne Schultz of Osceola. Services and burial held Friday morning in Omaha.
Sunday afternoon and supper guests in the Rudy Sandin home were Mr. and Mrs. Max Ernst and family of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Donelson of Stromsburg and Mrs. Ida Ferris.
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